Anime & Manga
How Web Novels Took Over the Season
Isekai is not a trend, it is a supply chain: free web novels get ranked by readers, printed as light novels, then animated with the risk already gone.
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The Money Behind a Single Episode
One episode passes through a committee, a studio and a dozen subcontractors before it streams. Who funds it, who owns it, and why schedules slip.